Join Davey Calder for the final installment of his 2025 series on Aotearoa folk music, as a part of New Zealand Music Month.

Our all-Kiwi theme for NZ Music Month continues.

For Anzac Day, Memorial Day, and Remembrance Day, a playlist of songs about the human longing to live in peace.

We continue our New Zealand music month with selections from all over the country.

Our 8th all-Kiwi New Zealand Music Month Folk Music Hours begins with a look at music awards.

Join Davey as he shares some of his favourite folk covers.

We’ve put together another playlist of songs where the artists seek to amuse us, sometimes with a message implied.

Join Davey as he shares some of his favourite folk covers

Traditional songs get a new lease of life performed by contemporary artists.

The FMH companion to the film looks at the music from this turbulent time in history and contemporary folk song.

It's that time of year again, when we kick out the jams and the Folk Music Hour gets a bit loud as we preview some of the amazing sounds coming to Brooklands Park in New Plymouth, for the 22nd NZ WOMAD, World of Music, Art, and Dance. As always, the lineup gives us the chance to enjoy cultures not represented at other music festivals.

The sound of birds is a strong thread in the folk tradition

It's uncanny how close to folk some pop music can become.

Every year, we play a programme of entertaining songs from the Johnny Appleseed of folk and Americana whose banjo kicks off every Folk Music Hour